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• Stefan Andreas Verdonk, Groningen († 1993)
• Frederik Johannes Henricus van Sunten, Tiel

• Bennie H Freese (83), Lake View, Sac County, Iowa
• Alzira Meirelles (81), Barretos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arthur Clayton "Art" Akin * (72), Visalia, Tulare, California, United States of America
• Aaltje van de Beek (80), Heerde
• Cornelia Charlotta Schellings (91), Middelburg,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertje Ham (96), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertje Ham (95), Nieuwe Pekela
• Cornelia Hendrika Lossia Naerebout (93), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Alexander-Jan Vermeulen (66), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Van De Beek (80), Heerde

• 1989 » Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
• 1989 » Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer
• 1990 » Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
• 1991 » Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
• 1992 » Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
• 1993 » Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
• 1993 » Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
• 1994 » Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
• 1994 » Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
• 1995 » Chief Keef, American rapper

• 1989 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)
• 1992 » Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
• 1994 » Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
• 1995 » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906)
• 1997 » Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905)
• 1999 » Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
• 2001 » Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)

1. Jeroen
2. Thomas
3. Michael
4. Tim
5. Jan
6. Kevin
7. Bart
8. Robin
9. Dennis
10. Sander
11. Johannes
12. Mark
13. Jacob
14. Rick
15. Hendrik
16. Ruben

1. Iris
2. Lisa
3. Laura
4. Maria
5. Tessa
6. Melissa
7. Anna
8. Anne
9. Sanne
10. Sophie
11. Eline
12. Jessica
13. Sarah
14. Michelle
15. Kelly
16. Amanda

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
• January 20 » Bill Clinton is inaugurated the 42nd President of the United States of America.
• February 8 » General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
• April 11 » Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
• July 9 » The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.
• September 22 » A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
• November 23 » Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.

The temperature on August 15, 1993 was between 12.7 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.